Keno
Why Catching Zero Pays in Keno
OLG Daily Keno pays on the ten-spot when none of your numbers come up. Here you see how rare a zero catch is, next to one catch and the top prizes.
Out of 100,000 tickets with 10 spots, about 2,589 catch none. More tickets catch exactly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: catching nothing is rarer than a near-average result, so it can pay a small prize without costing much.
Each square is one percent of the tickets.
OLG Daily Keno pays $2 on a $1 bet for 0 of 10. That prize gives back 5.2% of every dollar played: 12% of the whole return of 44.8%.
| Catch | Out of 100,000 tickets | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 10 of 10 | about 01 in 2,147,181 | $250,000 |
| 9 of 10 | 2.11 in 47,238 | $5,000 |
| 8 of 10 | 391 in 2,571 | $200 |
| 7 of 10 | 3831 in 261.1 | $25 |
| 6 of 10 | 2,2501 in 44.4 | nothing |
| 5 of 10 | 8,2811 in 12.1 | nothing |
| 4 of 10 | 19,4081 in 5.15 | nothing |
| 3 of 10 | 28,7041 in 3.48 | nothing |
| 2 of 10 | 25,7141 in 3.89 | nothing |
| 1 of 10 | 12,6311 in 7.92 | nothing |
| 0 of 10 | 2,5891 in 38.6 | $2 |
Show the formula
Chance of catching exactly 0 of your 10 spots when 20 numbers are drawn from 70:
P(0) = C(20,0) × C(50,10) / C(70,10)
= 1 × 10,272,278,170 / 396,704,524,216 = 1 in 38.6
C(n,k) is the number of ways to choose k numbers out of n. The first factor picks which drawn numbers are yours, the second picks your other spots among the numbers not drawn.
Source: OLG – Daily Keno Game Conditions, OLG – Daily Keno past results and odds · checked 2026-10-29
Ten-spot catches in OLG Daily Keno
| Catch | Odds | Paid on base bet |
|---|---|---|
| 0 of 10 | 1 in 38.6 | Yes – $2 |
| 1 of 10 | 1 in 7.92 | No |
| 2 of 10 to 6 of 10 | – | No |
| 7 of 10 | 1 in 261.1 | Yes |
| 8 of 10 | 1 in 2,571 | Yes |
| 9 of 10 | 1 in 47,238 | Yes |
| 10 of 10 | 1 in 2,147,181 | Yes |
Odds for 0 and 7–10 of 10 follow the OLG game conditions; the 1-of-10 odds are calculated by KenoMath. The picture above shows the same chances out of 100,000 tickets.
Zero vs one catch
Catch 0 of 10
- Odds: 1 in 38.6
- Rarer than one catch
- Pays $2 on the base bet
- All twenty drawn numbers miss your ten
Catch 1 of 10
- Odds: 1 in 7.92
- More common than zero
- Pays nothing on the ten-spot
- Nineteen drawn numbers miss, one hits
Why zero is rare
- You pick tenYou choose ten numbers out of seventy. The other sixty numbers are not yours.
- Twenty are drawnThe draw takes twenty numbers. For a zero catch, every one of them must come from your sixty.
- Each miss gets harderEach drawn number that misses leaves fewer non-picked numbers for the next draw, so the chance shrinks quickly.
- The resultZero ends up rarer than one catch: 1 in 38.6 against 1 in 7.92.
Chance of zero
P(zero) = ways to draw twenty from your sixty unpicked numbers ÷ ways to draw twenty from all seventy
Example: For a ten-spot ticket in OLG Daily Keno this works out to 1 in 38.6.
More keno odds
Sources
- OLG – Daily Keno past results and odds · checked Oct 29, 2026
- OLG – Daily Keno Game Conditions · checked Oct 29, 2026
- OLG – About Daily Keno · checked Oct 29, 2026
Questions
Why does 0 out of 10 pay in keno?
Catching none of ten numbers is rarer than catching one: 1 in 38.6 against 1 in 7.92. The OLG Daily Keno ten-spot paytable pays $2 on the base bet for 0 of 10.
What are the odds of catching zero in keno with ten spots?
1 in 38.6 in a game where twenty numbers are drawn from seventy, like OLG Daily Keno. Other spot counts have different odds; the keno odds calculator shows them.
Which Canadian keno pays for catching zero?
OLG Daily Keno pays $2 for 0 of 10 on the ten-spot, according to its game conditions. This page covers only that game.
Can I pick numbers that are more likely to catch zero?
No. Every set of ten numbers has the same chance of catching zero, quick pick or your own. Past draws do not change the next one.